National Republican., 1887-08-29

hox7 Compared with this work of trainng
Kings and queens for God ana eternity, how
Insignificant seems all this WORK Of voting
lor aldermen, and common cJuucilmen, and
/ sherihs, and cODstnbies, aud m lyors, and
presidents To maze one such grand woman 3,
J have described, how many thousands would
you want Of those people who go in the round
of eodletsuess, and fashion, and dissipation
disioftng their body until, In their monstroS-
iiles, they seem TO outdo the dromcdary and
hipponotamus going as far toward dsgraoa-
ml apparel as they dare 20. so as not to be ar.
rested of the poice-their behavior sorrow
tn the good and caiicature of the vicious, and
an insult to that God who made them women
through n frivolous and dlssipated life TO
temporal and eternal damnatlon.
oh, woman, with the lightning Of your soul
STRIKE dead at your feet all these alIurements
to dissipation and to fashion. Your Immortal
sonl cannot be fed upon such garbage Goi
calls you up to empire and dominion. viii
to God your best energies; give to God all your
culture; give to God all your refinement; give
yourself TO Him for this world and the next,
and these voices will be hushe1. For the last
time you will look upon this fair earth
Father's hand, mothers hand, sisters hand
ehild's hand will be no more I'm yours II will
be night, and there will come UP cold wind
from the Jordan and you must start. VIII IL
be lone woman on trackless moor? All,
His hand and He will say; "You stood by Me
when you were well, now will not desert
you when you are sick" One wave of His
hand and the storm will drop, and another
wave Of His hand and midnight shall break
Into midnoOn, and another wave of His hand
and the ohamberlains of God will come down
from the treasure houses Of heaven, with robes
ln'trous, blood,.washed, and heaveu.giinted,
IA which you will array yourself for the mar.
riage tsupper of the Lamb. And then with
liam, who struck the timbrel Of the Red sea;
10 othe fight; and with Hannah, who gave her
samuel to the Lord; and with Mary, who
rocked Jesus to sleep while there were angels
ipgale, who bound up the battle wounds of
the Crlmea, you will. from the chalIce
Of God to the sonl's eternal rescue.
one twilight, after had been playing with
the children for some time, laid down on the
lounge to rest. The children said, play more
Shiidren always want to play more, And,
6sna 6a,n asleep and half awake, | seemed to
was In far.distant laud-not Persia, although
more than oriental luxuriauce crowned the
cities nor the tropics,although more than
tropical fruittulncss filed the gardens; nor
italy;-although more than italian softness filled
the air. And wandered around, looking for
thorns and net!les, but found none of them
Sc. asan and and hs sAid sun @ain sanf Tl noi
And aIs say say all Auth the people in holiday apparel
mans garb again, and delve In the mine and
swelter at the forge2" but neither the gar
menis sn.,, nor T. the robes did they put OF. Aud
tnc huDuIDs, anu shlQ. 'Wnerc
90 they bury the, dead of this great city?' and
looked along the hills by where It would be
most beautiful for the dead to sleep, and saw
castles, and towns, and battlements: but not a
mausoleum, nor monument, nor white slab
could see. And went into the great chapel of
the town, and said where do the poor
worship? Where are the benches on which
they sitY' And voice answered "We have
no poor In this great CITY," And wandered
out seeking to find the place VIII ere were the
novels of the destitute. aud found mausious
OF amber, and ivory, and gold. but no tear did
see or sigh hear. was bewildered; and
sat under the shadow of great tree, and
said; What am /, and whence
comes all this % Ana at that
moment there came from among the
leaves, skipping up the flowery paths and
across the sparkling waters, a very bright and
sparkling group: and when saw their step
knew H., and when heard their voices /
thought knew them; but their apparel was so
different from anything had ever seen,
awhile; when they clapped their hands, and
was solved, and saw that time had passed,
and that eternity had come. and that God
had gathered us up into higher home; and |
said Are wo all here? and the
voices OF innumerable generations answered,
"All here" and while tears of gladness were
raining down our cheeks, and the branches of
the Lebanon cedars were clnppng their hands,
and the towers OF the great city were chiming
their welcome, we began to laugh and sing aud
leap and shout, ''Homel Home Home!"
Ihen1 felt child's hand on my face and IL
woke me. The children wanted to play moro,
Children always want to play more.